Barry Jenkins

The Underground Railroad is a revelatory telling of a complex tale

By Rogan Graham

Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winner is a nuanced small-screen masterwork.

Barry Jenkins hits the small screen with The Underground Railroad trailer

By Charles Bramesco

In the director’s ambitious Amazon miniseries, the network for escaped slaves takes on a more literal form.

Making sense of Disney’s deluge of new content announcements

By Charles Bramesco

A staggering number of upcoming projects were revealed this week, set to be rolled out over the next decade.

Barry Jenkins will direct a sequel to the computerized Lion King remake

By Charles Bramesco

The Oscar-winning filmmaker will go from Harlem to Pride Rock.

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By David Jenkins

Our latest print edition brings together two of life’s foremost pleasures.

Barry Jenkins is dramatizing a gorilla conservation doc for Netflix

By Charles Bramesco

Leonardo DiCaprio is also producing the narrative adaptation of the film Virunga.

Rachel Morrison eyes directing debut with Flint boxing drama

By Charles Bramesco

The Oscar-nominated cinematographer is developing a feature based on a script by Barry Jenkins.

Barry Jenkins to direct biopic of choreographer and activist Alvin Ailey

By Charles Bramesco

Fox Searchlight backs the movie treatment of the influential African-American dancer’s life.

Watch: Barry Jenkins in Colour

By Luís Azevedo

This new video essay explores the director’s evocative use of colour, from Medicine for Melancholy to If Beale Street Could Talk.

Barry Jenkins: ‘People of colour have been looking into the eyes of white people forever’

By David Jenkins

The Moonlight director sits down to pick apart his wonderful James Baldwin adaptation, If Beale Street Could Talk.

If Beale Street Could Talk

By Tayler Montague

Intense melancholy and blissful romance mask an undercurrent of political outrage in Barry Jenkins’ rhapsodic take on James Baldwin.

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The 30 best films of 2018

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Our annual countdown of the movies that made the biggest impression on us this year, from Hereditary to The House That Jack Built.

Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk gets a gorgeous new trailer

By Adam Woodward

The director’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Moonlight is based on James Baldwin’s classic novel.

If Beale Street Could Talk – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Barry Jenkins’ faithful adaptation of James Baldwin’s heartbreaking love story is pure cinematic poetry.

25 new films to look out for this awards season

By Lillian Crawford

Barry Jenkins, Damien Chazelle and Yorgos Lanthimos all look like early contenders for major awards.

High Life, If Beale Street Could Talk confirmed for 2018 Toronto Film Festival

By Hannah Strong

Claire Denis and Barry Jenkins will present their latest work when the festival kicks off on 6 September.

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